Updated 11 October 2021
Ashington House Surgery is located at:
Ashington Way
Westlea
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN5 7XY
Ashington House Surgery is located in the west of Swindon within the local authority and is one of 25 practices serving the NHS Swindon CCG area. It is based in a converted show house and serves a population of approximately 10,700 patients.
The practice population demographics are similar to the local and national average in age range of the patients. However, the practice has some areas of social deprivation within the local community. Ten percent of the registered practice population were from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups with the remaining 90% being white.
Information published by Public Health England rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as seven on a scale of one to ten. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level ten the lowest.
Services to patients are provided under a General Medical Services (GMS) contract with NHS England. (A GMS contract is a contract between NHS England and general practices for delivering general medical services and is the commonest form of GP contract).
The team consists of two GP partners who are registered with the CQC to provide the following regulated activities:
- treatment of disease, disorder or injury,
- maternity and midwifery services,
- family planning,
- surgical procedures
- diagnostic and screening procedures at one location.
They are supported by five salaried GPs, three practice nurses and a health care assistant. The practice has a paramedic practitioner and associate practitioner. A pharmacy team consisting of a pharmacist and one technician. The clinical team are supported by a practice manager and a team of reception and administration staff.
The practice provides a range of services including maternity care, childhood immunisations, chronic disease management and travel immunisations and a number of enhanced services (enhanced services require an enhanced level of service provision above what is normally required under the core GP contract) including childhood immunisation, minor surgery, coil fitting, learning disability health checks, extended opening hours, and rotavirus and shingles immunisations. Private travel vaccinations are offered in addition to those available free of charge on the NHS.
Due to the enhanced infection prevention and control measures put in place since the pandemic and in line with the national guidance, most GP appointments were telephone consultations. If the GP needs to see a patient face-to-face then the patient is offered an appointment.
The practice is open from 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday. However, on Wednesday afternoons only pre-booked appointments are available. From 6pm to 6.30pm the practice has telephone access for any emergencies. The practice also provides extended hours between 7am and
8am from Tuesday to Friday mornings, and between 6.30pm and 8pm on one evening per week. Outside of normal opening hours the practice uses a locally based out of hours provider which can be accessed via the NHS 111 number.